PLANTS Profile for Andropogon glaucopsis (purple bluestem)

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PLANTS Profile

Andropogon glaucopsis Elliot
purple bluestem

Symbol:

ANGL10

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Graminoid

L48

More Information:

Images:
Andropogon glaucopsis Elliot

Synonyms:
Andropogon glaucopsis Elliot

	ANGLG	Andropogon glomeratus (Walter) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb. var. glaucopsis (Elliot) C. Mohr
	ANVIG	Andropogon virginicus L. var. glaucopsis (Elliot) Hitchc.

Distribution:
Andropogon glaucopsis Elliot


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USA (AL, FL, GA, LA, MD, MS, NC, SC, VA)

Related Taxa:
Andropogon glaucopsis Elliot

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 20 species in Andropogon

Classification:
Andropogon glaucopsis Elliot

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Andropogon L. – bluestem
Species	Andropogon glaucopsis Elliot – purple bluestem

More Accounts and Images:
Andropogon glaucopsis Elliot

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 565001.

Time Generated: 11/24/2009 07:29 PM MST